Jason Statham will be back as Jonas Taylor in director Ben Wheatley‘s (Kill List, Sightseers, A Field in England, High-Rise, Rebecca, In the Earth) upcoming sequel to big-budget shark attack horror movie The Meg, but when can we expect to start seeing some photos from the set? Likely not until next year, Statham reveals in a new chat with Collider this week.
Statham, who is expected to have some degree of creative involvement in The Meg 2, told the site, “We’re gonna start shooting in January [2022], if I get my dates right.”
“Ben Wheatley is the director, I’m very excited to work with him. I’m thrilled to get going, it’s been a while. We’ve been waiting around for the right scripts to come in and the right director to turn up, and we’ve got all those things and they’re all stacked up now,” Statham continued. “I think he’s a brilliant director. I think we’ve got a good shot at making something good.”
As you may recall, Statham was bummed that the 2018 movie was ultimately rated PG-13, despite signing on for what he believed to be a much more violent project. It’s hard not to wonder if Statham’s creative involvement in the sequel could help bring some more bloody carnage into the mix, but that’s purely wishful thinking at this time. Stay tuned for more.
The sequel’s script has been written by Dean Georgaris and Jon & Erich Hoeber.
Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg, based on Steve Alten’s Meg novels, was released in theaters back in 2018, devouring over $500 million at the worldwide box office. Jason Statham starred as heroic shark-slayer Jonas Taylor, part of a group of scientists exploring the Mariana Trench who encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed – the Megalodon.
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3662599/ben-wheatleys-meg-sequel-likely-not-filming-next-year/
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